If your Android's auto-rotate functionality is on, but the phone screen doesn't auto-rotate, it could indicate a minor glitch or hardware issue. In this case, your first step is to restart your phone.

Your Android device has an accelerometer that detects its orientation by measuring angular velocity and helps rotate your screen.

For all the improvements Android has seen, Google still hasn't managed to make auto-rotation on Android work flawlessly, and it's surprising how inconsistent it can be.

After upgrading the Moto X 2014 to Android 5.0 I noticed that not all of my apps were rotating when holding the screen in landscape mode. No problem, I'll just tap the setting to fix it. Wait ...

When mirroring screens from physical devices, developers need to touch them even less. There are new actions like screen rotation, folding and unfolding, changing the volume, and a few more.

There are two ways you can enable auto-rotate for the home screen on Android. Using the built-in auto-rotate feature found on Pixel and some other smartphones, and using third-party launcher apps ...

Here we quickly explain how to disable the screen rotation feature on Android smartphones and tablets.

Android already has a rotate button in the quick settings menu which lets you set the screen’s orientation to portrait, landscape, or auto-rotate.

The new screen rotation feature is only available through Android 9.0 Pie, so you’ll have to wait until your smartphone manufacturer pushes out the update.